Garment-supporter.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

L. 0. MA LONE. GARMENT SUPPORTER- APPLICATION FILED DEO.14, 1905.

WiTNEssEs ATTQRN EYs 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

IPatented June 12, 1906.

Application filed December 14,1905. Serial No. 291,729.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN ODESSA MA LONE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Brighton, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garment-supporters, and has for its object to provide an at tachment for corsets to which various garments may be secured to retain the under garments in a comfortable position and hold the outer garments to produce the straight or long-waisted effect. To this end I have de vised a simple and inexpensive attachment for corsets which can be easily and quickly placed in engagement with a corset when used for the above-mentioned purposes With out causing any discomfort to the person using the same.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims,

and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a corset, illustrating my improved supporter applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the extender or attachment applied to my improved supporter. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a skirt mounted upon the corset ,illustrating the manner of placin the same in engagement with my improve supporter. Fig.

4 is a similar view of a bust, illustrating a shirtwaist secured to my improved supporter. Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating the shirt-waist gathered and held by my improved supporter. Fig. 6 is a similar view illustrating a belt secured to the supporter. Fig. 7 is a plan and elevation of my improved supporter. Fig. 8 is a similar view of the supporter constructed to be used with the attachment. Fig. 9 is a side elevation and plan of the attachment. Fig. 10 is a similar view of a slightly-modified form of construction employed in connection with the same. Fig. 11 is a plan of my improved supporter constructed with one hook.

To put my invention into practice, I employ a strip of metal 1, which is preferably made of brass or steel, the strip being bent, as at 2, whereby the portion 3 will lie out of horizontal alinement with the portion 1. The strip is also cut and sheared, whereby the portion 4 will lie out of longitudinal alinement with the portion 3 the object of which will be presently described. The portion 4 of the supporter or strip 1 is formed with a lug 5, which is bent upwardly, as at 6, and the portion 4 is provided with a plurality of openings 7, whereby the same may be secured in engagement with a corset.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have illustrated a corset 8 of a conventional form hav ng hooks and eyelets 9, and in placing my improved supporter in engagement with the corset the portion 4 is placed in engagement with the hooks of the corset, said hooks passing through the opening 7 of the supporter, at which time the eyelets can be placed in engagement with the hooks to firmly lock the supporter in engagement with the corset when closed. The portion 3 of the supporter is adapted to lie approximately central of the closed edges of the corset, this being accomplished by the one portion of the supporter being formed out of longitudinal alinement with its adjoining portion.

The portion 3 of the supporter 18 cut and sheared to form two integral hooks 10 and 11, and the manner of using the supporter, the construction of which has just been described, is as follows: When bending the portion 3 out of horizontal alinement with the portion 4 of the supporter, a shoulder 18 formed which is approximately at the waistline of the corset 8. In placing the skirt 12 upon the hip portion 14 of the corset the waistband 15 of the skirt is moved upwardly beneath the portion *3 of the supporter until it engages the shoulder formed centrally of said supporter, said shoulder preventing the skirt from further rising upon the corsets. The waistband-strings 16 of the skirt are then drawn tightly and engaged under the hook 11 of the supporter.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings a shirt-waist or waist 17 surrounds the corsets 8, and in prac tice the hook 10 of the support is slipped through the opening of the waist, the tape being drawn forward under the hook and tied firmly at the left side, which holds the waist in proper position. The outer skirt 18 is now placed over the underskirt or garment 12, the waistband 19 of said skirt being engaged under the hook and the waistband fastened in the rear of the body. A belt is now passed around the waist, the one end of the belt being placed under the hook, while the opposite end of the belt is passed over the hook to hide the same. A pin 21, such as an ornamented safety-pin, is now passed through the ends of the belt to engage under the hook 10 to firmly hold the belt, waist, and skirt in engagement with said hook. The depth of the portion 3 of the supporter and the posltion of the hook 10 upon said supporter determine the depth of the straight front when the garments have'been assembled, and in case it is desired to have a longer or shorter straight front the supporter 1 is moved upon the corset to permit of another one of the openings 7 being engaged by said corset.

In Fig. 8 of the drawings I have illustrated a similar supporter, with the exce tion that the hook 11 is dispensed with and t e portion 3 is provided with a plurality of bayonetshaped slots 22, and in said slots are adapted to engage lugs 23, carried at one end of an extender or attachment 24. The lugs are stam ed from the stri of material 25 from whic the attachment is formed, and the opposite end of the strip is bent to form a hookshaped member 26.

In Fig. 10 of the drawings I have illustrated a slightlymodiiied form of extender or attachment wherein pins 27 27 are employed in lieu of the lugs 23, said pins being carried by a strip 25, similar to the strip 25 heretofore described. The opposite end of the strip 25 is stamped or sheared to form an outwardlyextending hook 26, which serves functionally the same purpose as the hook 26 of the strip 25.

- The attachment is only used when it is desired to extend the depth of the straight front, said attachment being placed in engagement with the supporter by passing the lugs 23 or the pins 27 into the bayonetshaped slots 22 of the supporter and then securing the garment to the hooks 26 or 26 of the attachment. In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings I have illustrated the attachment as being employed in connection with the supporter.

When a corset-cover is to be used with my improved supporter, the cover is first placed upon the corset and the supporter allowed to protrude through the opening of the corsetcover. In this manner the supporter prevents the corset-cover from rising upon the corsets or bulging a skirt-band that surrounds the same.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised a novel garment-supporter particularly adapted for retaining the garments which surround the waist of the body or figure in proper position, at-the same time affording greater comfort and a neater appearance than if the garments were fastened 1n the usual manner.

Such changes in the construction of my improved garment-sup orter as are permissible by the appended c aims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a garment-supporter, the combination with corsets, of a strip adjustably connected to said corsets, said strip being bent to form a shoulder to limit the movement of undergarments, an extender detachably connected to said strip, hooks carried by said extender and adapted to have a corset-string, waist-string and a belt fastened thereto, substantially as described.

2. A garment-supporter composed of a strip formed of two integral sections disposed end to end, one section being provided with means for attaching it to a corset, the other section being provided with means for the attachment of a garment thereto, one section being in a different plane from the other section, and laterally disposed with relation thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LILLIAN ODESSA MA LONE.

Witnesses:

H. O. EVERT, N i E. E. POTTER. v w 

